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tool [tool]

noun (plural tools)

1. device for doing work: an object designed to do a specific kind of work such as cutting or chopping by directing manually applied force or by means of a motor

2. means to end: something used as a means of achieving something

3. something used for job: something used in the course of somebody's everyday work

Words are the poet's tool.

 

4. somebody manipulated by another: somebody who is easily manipulated, especially to carry out unpleasant or dishonest tasks that somebody else is unwilling to do

5. mechanical engineering Same as machine tool

6. mechanical engineering cutting part of machine: the cutting or shaping part of a power-driven device, e.g. the blade on a lathe

7. handicraft bookbinder's implement: an implement that a bookbinder uses to press a design into leather, cloth, or paper

8. handicraft stamped design on book: a design pressed into a book cover with a metal tool

9. gun: a criminal's gun (slang)

10. offensive term: an offensive term for a penis (slang)

 

 

verb (3rd person present singular tools, present participle tooling, past and past participle tooled)

1. transitive verb handicraft work something using hand tools: to cut, shape, or form something, especially to press a design into the cover of a book, using hand tools

2. transitive verb industry give somebody or something tools: to equip somebody or something with tools

3. transitive and intransitive verb automotive drive car: to drive a car, especially at high speeds (slang)

tooling along at a cool 65

 

 

 

[ Old English tōl < Germanic, 'to manufacture']

 

 

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